Look Out! Look Out! Jack Frost is about! He's after our fingers and toes; And, all through the night, The gay little sprite Is working where nobody knows. He'll climb a tree, So nimble is he, His silvery powder he'll shake; To windows he'll creep, And while we're asleep, Such wonderful pictures he'll make. Across the grass, He'll merrily pass, And change all its greenness to white; Then home he will go, And laugh, "Ho, Ho, Ho! What fun I have had in the night!" * * * * * * * * Come in the garden And play in the snow, A snowman we'll make, See how quickly he'll grow! Give him a hat, stick and pipe, And make him look gay. Such a fine game For a cold winter day! * * * * * * * * Snowflakes falling soft and light, Snowflakes falling in the night, Soft and Light, pure and white. When the sun shines out so bright, All the earth is dressed in white. * * * * * * * * When the North Wind whistles and blows, Cherry red is brother's nose, Very cold are sister's toes, When the North Wind's blowing, When the North Wind's blowing. Logs upon the fire we'll throw, For, as everybody must know, We will have a fall of snow, When the North Wind's blowing, When the North Wind's blowing. (Written By: Alfred S. Gatty) ********************** Furry bear If I were a bear, And a big bear too, I shouldn't much care If it froze or snew: I shouldn't much mind If it snowed or friz- I'd be all fur-lined With a coat like his! A.A. Milne ********************** See the little snowflakes Falling from the sky, On the hills and housetops, Soft and thick they lie. On the window ledges, On the branches bare; See how fast they gather, Filling all the air! Look into the garden Where the grass was green, Covered by the snowflakes, Not a blade is seen. Look outside the window, All looks still and white; Under snowy blankets, What a pretty sight! (J.D. Macey) * * * * * * * * Finger Plays A chubby little snowman had a carrot nose. (show long nose with a closed fist like a trumpet in front of face) Along a came a bunny, and what do you suppose? (Hands show the bunny hopping) That hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch, (wiggle nose like a bunny) Ate the snowman's carrot nose, Nibble, nibble, crunch (pretend to eat the carrot) (Oak meadow fingerplays) * * * * * * * * Five little eskimos by the igloo door one went out to feed the dogs, then there were four. Four little eskimos rowing out to sea, one jumped on an iceberg, then there were three. Three little eskimos making fish stew, one burned his finger, then there were two. Two little eskimos hunting just for fun, one chased a baby seal, then there was one. One little eskimo all his work was done, went home to supper, then there were none. (Winter, p.51) * * * * * * * * Chickadee, chickadee, Flitting through the holly tree- With your cap and scarf of black, Sweater gray upon your back You're warm and happy in the snow And when I hear you call, I know My little friend has come to say That wintertime's just fine for play. (From Ladybug magazine) * * * * * * * * Verse for Lighting the Advent Wreath The first light of Advent is the light of stones. Stones that live in crystals, seashells, and bones. The second light of Advent is the light of plants. Roots, stem, leaf, flower and fruit by whom we live and grow. The third light of Advent is the light of beasts. Animals of farm, field, forest, air and sea. All await the birth in greatest and in least. The fourth light of Advent is the light of humankind. The light of love, the light of thought, to give and to understand. (Rudolf Steiner) * * * * * * * * We light one candle shining bright Upon this Holy Advent night Fill Our Hearts with loving might Lead us to Christmas Day's brilliant light! Second Week: We light two candles... Third Week: We light three candles... Fourth Week: We light four candles... M.T. Shunemann, from The Christmas Star (available below) * * * * * * * * A candle's but a simple thing, it starts with just a bit of string, But dipped or rolled with patient hand, it gathers wax upon the strand. Until complete and snowy white, it gives at last a lovely light. Life seems so like that bit of string, each deed we do a simple thing. Yet day by day on life's strand, we work with patient heart and hand. It gathers joy, makes dark days bright, and gives at last a lovely light. * * * * * * * * Riddle I begin tall and thin, I end in a muddle, sad in a puddle (candle) * * * * * * * * Christmas Verses Softly, softly, through the darkness Snow is falling. Meekly, meekly in the meadows Lambs are calling. Coldly, coldly all around me Winds are blowing. Brightly, brightly up above me Stars are glowing. * * * * * * * * Christmas Wish To every hearth a little fire, To every board a little feast, To every heart a joy, To every child a toy, Shelter for bird and beast. * * * * * * * * Mary rocks her baby, Joseph holds a light, Ox and ass are standing In the stable bright. Shepherds in the doorway Come to greet the child, Now they kneel before Him And his mother mild. One holds out a lambskin Soft and white as snow, All shall give their presents Ere they homeward go. * * * * * * * * Story & Activity There was a giant big and bold Whose feet were getting very cold. He came along to our town And walked the stairs all up and down Calling "Is no one hearing me? My toes are freezing bitterly! No single shop that I could tell Has stocking giant-size to sell." A little gnome both old and wise. He gave him very good advice. He brought two pretty bits of stuff. The giant thought them good enough. He wrapped his feet, his pain was eased. And home he walked content and pleased. Materials: Knotted cloth dolls [this could be a play silk or gauze square the you knot to show head and other body parts] with 2 extra pieces of fabric to wrap the giant's feet. Children can watch you knotting the characters. VERSE: King Winter now is in the land, he reigns with cold and freezing hand. He makes Jack Frost touch nose and toes, and gives our cheeks a shining glow. FINGER PLAY: A chubby little snowman had a carrot nose. (show long nose with a closed fist like a trumpet in front of face) Along a came a bunny, and what do you suppose? (Hands show the bunny hopping) That hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch, (wiggle nose like a bunny) Ate the snowman's carrot nose, Nibble, nibble, crunch (pretend to eat the carrot) The Snow This is the way the snow comes down, Upon a winter day, But soon the golden sun comes out, And melts it all away. Lines 1 & 2: flutter fingers down from arms raised position until arms are lowered. Lines 3 & 4: make large circle with fingers for sun. — Author Unknown Making a Snowman Roll a snowball round and round, Round and round upon the ground. Make one, make two, here's what you do, You can build a snowman too. As the sun shines down some day, Poor snowman, he will melt away. Lines 1 & 2: roll hands around each other. Line 3: make two fists, then put one on top of the other. Lines 4 & 5: hold fists in snowman position. Line 6: open hands flat out on top of each other. — Gloria T. Delamar, Author Clap for Santa Claus O, clap, clap the hands, And sing with glee! For Christmas is coming And merry are we. How swift o'er the snow The tiny reindeer Are trotting and bringing Good Santa Claus near. Our Stockings we'll hang, And while we're asleep, Then down through the chimney Will Santa Claus creep. He'll empty his pack, Then up he will come And calling his reindeer, Will haste away home. Then clap, clap the hands! And sing out with glee, For Christmas is coming And merry are we! Verse 1 - All lines: clap hands. Verse 2 - All lines: lock thumbs together and make walking motions with other fingers to indicate reindeer and sleigh. Verse 3 - Lines 1 & 2: point down with four fingers of one hand. Lines 3 & 4: put one fist on top of the other to represent chimney andd put upper thumb inside of upper fist to represent Santa Claus going down chimney. Verse 4 - Lines 1 & 2: raise thumb from upper fist as Santa Claus comes up chimney. Lines 3 & 4: lock thumbs and walk with fingers. Verse 5 - All lines: clap hands.— Emilie Poulsson, Author, 1893
If you’re looking for some journaling to add to your Christmas scrapbooking projects check out these Christmas poems for kids by Anita. You can download PNG or PDF versions. Click here to se…
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Here it is all in one place, poems, songs, writing, art we did in grade 1 around the theme of winter and Christmas (with some 5 senses and ...
I feel as though I say this each week but I just do not know where the time goes. Each week I have I promise myself I will blog some of the great things my first grade class is doing and each week I just do not get to it. I love teaching first grade again. However it just takes every minute of my day to organize, prepare and find great ideas to teach each day. I have two poems for you this week because I did not get around to posting last week. Last week my class did the poem called SNOW SURPRISE. It was perfect because it snowed two days and my little first graders were enjoying the snow at recess. Click Here for a Free Copy I also created a homework page for the children to follow up with at home. This week my first graders are going to read the poem, SANTA’S ELF. I have to be honest. I changed the words a bit in Santa’s Elf to make it fit my phonics needs. We are working on blends right now and I wanted my poem to have more blends. This poem was called Myself and the Elf and I wanted it to be more Christmas, so I changed it. I hope the author doesn't mind. Click Here for a Free Copy I make a homework sheet each week. Happy Reading
Hiding by Amy LV Here at home, we were just talking about how our vacations next year will be camping vacations. There is nothing like sleeping in a tent, waking to the birds and the sound of a creek flowing nearby, nothing like leaving your watch in the car and eating food with a hint of woodsmoke, nothing like singing late into the night together and in the wild. Next year: camping! Students - this poem is full of one-line repetition. I'm sure you noticed it. Sometimes it is just fun to do that, repeat one line over and over again...and then at the end...change it up, and end your list with a bit of a twist! For a fabulous poetry book about all things camping, read Kristine O'Connell George's TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS. While you're at it, paddle on over to her extensive and beautiful website, full of book lists, stories about Kristine's books, poems, writing tips, video, and more. Bring a mug of cocoa, and nestle right in. Shop Indie Bookstores (Please click on COMMENTS below to share a thought.)
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Read I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow written. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day poem is from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poems. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day poem summary, analysis and comments.
It's SALE time in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! You can stock up on some of my newest products just in time for the holidays. I have created a Christmas Literacy and Math Activities unit by popular demand as well as a new emergent reader, The Winter. Come by my store to save 20% off everything now through Monday at midnight. Oh, and don't forget about Cyber Monday - where you can save an additional 10% off (yes, that would be a total of 30% off everything!) using code CMS28 at checkout. Here's a little freebie for you...to get you in the Christmas mood... (Just click on the picture to download) Happy teaching!
3 Free Christmas Poems called December, Peppermint Stick, and My Gingerbread House. Perfect for K-3. Instant Download.
I am certain by now that many people know the benefits of shared reading, especially with our youngest learners. I can reach so many skills during a shared reading lesson that are imperative as stu…
3 Free Christmas Poems called December, Peppermint Stick, and My Gingerbread House. Perfect for K-3. Instant Download.
December by K. Pyle On Christmas day, when fires were lit,And all our breakfasts done,We spread our toys out on the floorAnd played there in the sun. The nursery smelled of Christmas tree,And under where it stoodThe shepherds watched their flocks of sheep,– All made of painted wood. Outside the house the air was coldAnd...Read More
Printable Christmas poems for kids include Santa, Christmas Lights, Ring the Bells, Gingerbread Man, and I'm a Little Reindeer. Watch as kids Build a Poem in the poetry center.
An inspired, joyful, beautiful album. A most fortunate meeting of lyrics and music. Dave catches the humor of Birthe's lyrics and makes them even more amusing. The songs will make you want to dance and laugh and smile and nod in agreement. The Shortest Day, a winter solstice song, belongs among the Christmas songs everyone knows and sings every Christmas. Birthe writes poetry and was looking for a composer for some of the poems she knew were really songs. Dave, a composer and song writer, had just finished his own album. Birthe sent him a heap of her poems, and Dave was so inspired that during one spring, he composed the melodies for all the songs on this album. Amberforth was the first of Birthe's poems to become a song with melody by Dave Lefever. There was no doubt that the melody was the right melody for the poem. The combination of lyric poetry by an elderly lady from Denmark and the folk inspired melodies by a young Pennsylvanian musician is marvelously successful. Hopefully more albums of Birthe Noer Myers's lyrics with Dave Lefever's melodies will follow.
YOU don't weigh more than thirty pounds, Your legs are little, plump and fat, And yet you patter on your rounds The whole day long within our flat. Yes, ceaselessly, you come and go, In search
Poetry Journals/ Poetry Notebooks: There are over 60 poems included in this pack with pictures to accompany each poem. Please note, the kindergarten poem seen in the photo is also provided for Pre-K and First Grade. These poems are awesome to use for a yearly poetry journal. They are great for reading and practicing sight words. I have my students leave their poetry books in their book bins. When they go to Read to Self or Read to Someone, they practice reading their poems. Even your non-readers can feel successful with this pack! Each Friday my students take their poetry notebooks home to share with their families over the weekend. To read more about poetry in my classroom click HERE The poetry themes are: -First day of school (for pre-k, TK, kinder, Senior Infants, and first) -Color poems -Nursery Rhymes -Friendship -All About Me -Five Sense -Apples -Community Helpers -Pumpkins -Spiders -Bats -the Mayflower -Native Americans -Scarecrows -Autumn -Snowmen -the Gingerbread Man -Christmas -Hanukkah -Bears -Penguins -Groundhogs -Martin Luther King -Valentine's Day -Presidents -the American flag -100th day of school -Dental HealthL -Landforms -St. Patrick's Day -Spring/Flowers -Earth Day -Plants -Caterpillars/Butterflies -Tadpoles/Frogs -Farm -Dinosaurs -Space -School -Mother's Day
Sing along with your child as he colors this page that contains the text to the classic Christmas song, Jingle Bells.
The woes of men beyond my ken Mean nothing more to me. Behold my world, and Eden hurled From Heaven to the Sea; A jeweled home, in fending foam Tempestuously tossed; A virgin isle none dare defile, Fa
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.
I saw the first pear As it fell- The honey-seeking, golden-banded, The yellow swarm Was not more fleet than I, (Spare us from loveliness) And I fell prostrate Crying: You have flayed us With your blos
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Thanksgiving isn’t even here, yet. 🙂 But this year, Thanksgiving falls a little later and those of you who like to start working on Advent activities might just want to use some of your Thanksgiving break to get prepared. So, I have been working hard this week on updating and expanding my Nativity Pack. Now, ... Read More about FREE Nativity PreK/K Pack {Updated and Expanded}
Playing Christmas handbell music is so fun and easy with these color-coded hand bell songs! 7 popular Christmas songs to play are perfect for family Christmas party activities, school groups, church groups, youth groups and kids! ------------------------------------------------------ Christmas Hand Bell Music PDF Options ------------------------------------------------------ Looking for Christmas Hand Bell Music? Look no further! These fun 6 Christmas songs are ready to be played with your hand bell set for family fun, church activities, primary music, and more! *Christmas Hand Bell Music Book 2 (this listing)- 6 songs *Christmas Hand Bell Music Book 1- (7 songs): *Hand Bell Music Bargain Bundle (19 Songs): https://www.etsy.com/listing/571195024/hand-bell-music-bargain-bundle?ref=related-1 *Classic Hand Bell Music Song Book (6 songs) here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/584971931/hand-bell-songs-classics?ref=shop_home_feat_4 ---------------------- Songs Included: ----------------------- 1. Joy To The World 2. Silent Night 3. Oh Come All Ye Faithful 4. Away In a Manger 5. Jingle Bells 6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 7. Jolly Old St. Nicholas ------------------------------------------- Christmas Hand Bell Music PDF ------------------------------------------- - Instant digital download available immediatley upon purchase - PLEASE NOTE: These songs are made for using a simple, 8-piece handbell set. Therefore, some songs may sound a bit off only due to the nature of not having a the full range of hand bells including sharps and flats. These song sheets are created this way to provide an inexpensive option for the general public. If you are a music teacher, you may want customized hand bell sheets that will go with a full range of hand bell notes. -Full color PDF -Each song sheet is formatted to allow for printing in 2 sizes: 24" x 36" poster size or 8.5" x 11" for individual sizes. -Each sheet is color coded with notes and names of notes above the lyrics (in case your hand bell set colors don't match up with these song sheets.) ------------------------ Hand Bells to Buy ------------------------ Feel free to shop around for Hand Bells, but be aware that not all sets use the same colors for the same notes. For these song sheets, the set we use and love that matches with the songs is this set here: https://sofestive.com/2017/11/09/christmas-hand-bell-songs/ I recommend purchasing a set that uses the following colors for the notes so that it will match these song sheets perfectly: C-Red D-Orange E- Yellow F- Green G-Light blue A-Dark Blue B-Purple C-White --------------------------------------- Use for: -Family Christmas parties -German Advent Nights -LDS Primary Singing/Sharing Time -Church choirs -School groups -Preschool groups ---------------------------------------- **ALL DIGITAL SALES FINAL**
Help your child sing along as she colors in this page, featuring the lyrics to the Christmas carol "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".
Christmas Programs Terms of Use: Except for the first program, which you must order, all of these programs are free. You may copy and change them to fit your personal use. (Copy and paste them into your document. Highlight the document, click control + C, go into your new document, click control … Continue reading →
What follows is a recently re-discovered poem, originally written and published in 1936 by the master wordsmith, J. R. R. Tolkien. Jason Duesing and ArtsBeat (via the NY Times) have elaborated on the discovery and future plans from the Tolkien Estate here and here, for this and other lost poems. Allow me to simply share Tolkien's gorgeous wordplay to stoke the nostalgic fires of Christmas. ~*~ Grim was the world and grey last night: The moon and stars were fled, The hall was dark without song or light, The fires were fallen dead. The wind in the trees was like to the sea, And over the mountains’ teeth It whistled bitter-cold and free, As a sword leapt from its sheath. The lord of snows upreared his head; His mantle long and pale Upon the bitter blast was spread And hung o’er hill and dale. The world was blind, the boughs were bent, All ways and paths were wild: Then the veil of cloud apart was rent, And here was born a Child. The ancient dome of heaven sheer Was pricked with distant light; A star came shining white and clear Alone above the night. In the dale of dark in that hour of birth One voice on a sudden sang: Then all the bells in Heaven and Earth Together at midnight rang. Mary sang in this world below: They heard her song arise O’er mist and over mountain snow To the walls of Paradise, And the tongue of many bells was stirred in Heaven’s towers to ring When the voice of mortal maid was heard, That was mother of Heaven’s King. Glad is the world and fair this night With stars about its head, And the hall is filled with laughter and light, And fires are burning red. The bells of Paradise now ring With bells of Christendom, And Gloria, Gloria we will sing That God on earth is come. Merry Christmas!
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